testing replacement of int64_t and uint64_t initializer macro calls with zeroes
udated INT64_C/UINT64_C things for c++
updating INT64_C/UINT64_C to work reliably with c++
merging changes
updated linux source code compilation instructions
updated starch test bench to point to non-arch-specific platform binary locations
updated starch test bench to point to non-arch-specific platform binary locations